Multi-purpose personal utility pouch

ABSTRACT

A multi-purpose personal utility pouch for carrying a variety of items, including items for yard maintenance, physical exercise, and as animal and child care accessories. The multi-purpose personal utility pouch can be flexibly configured to meet the needs of the wearer.

RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.60/586,743, filed Jul. 9, 2004.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The disclosed embodiments relate to the field of personal utilitypouches in general. Specifically, the disclosed embodiments relate tomultiple configurations of said personal utility pouch, making itadaptable for uses in many fields, including yard maintenance, physicalexercise, and as animal and child care accessories.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Various types of utility belts have previously been known to those inthe art, primarily in the military field, as well as those madespecially for the purpose of tool carrying or other items. See, e.g.,U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,600,027; 3,364,560; 4,993,614; 5,004,136; and5,941,438, all incorporated herein in its entirety. While belts havebeen designed for the purpose of carrying heavy tools, they are bulkyand unconfigurable, and not practical for smaller tasks, includinggardening, exercising and completing tasks around the home or community.U.S. Pat. No. 6,073,823, incorporated herein in its entirety, provides areconfigurable utility belt, but again designed for larger, heavy dutytasks. Moreover, utility belts described in the art are self-containedand encompass a means of fastening the utility belt to the wearer. Thisis impractical and bulky to the casual wearer who requires aless-intrusive and accomodating means of carrying a utility pouch.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The disclosed embodiments relate to a multi-purpose utility pouch forretaining everyday items, including keys and mobile phone, as well assmall tools for light tasks, including gardening, exercising, andcompleting tasks around the home or community, including pet exercising.The disclosed embodiments also may serve as a clothing accessory,including as a carrier for items, such as child care items ordog-walking accessories.

The device comprises an elongated two-sided panel, whereby a wearer'sbelt is passed through the top end of the pouch, providing a means ofsecuring the pouch for carrying items. The pouch includes a plurarity ofpockets attached to the front face of the pouch that may be removableand reconfigurable according to the wearer's needs. The pouch alsoincludes a back face that holds a means of securing valuables.

It is yet another object of the disclosed embodiments to provide aremovable utility pouch capable of storing a plurality of items andtools.

It is yet another object of the disclosed embodiments to provide amulti-purpose utility pouch which can securely retain valuable items anddocuments, and similar items therein.

Other objects, features and advantages of disclosed embodiments willbecome readily apparent from the following detailed description of theembodiments described herein, when considered with the attached drawingsand appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of the device.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the device.

FIG. 4 is an example of an exemplary configuration of the optionallyremovable pockets as a frontal view, for the purpose of holding everdayitems.

FIG. 5 is an example of an exemplary configuration of the optionallyremovable pockets as a frontal view, for the purpose of holding itemsneeded for infant or child care.

FIG. 6 is an example of an exemplary configuration of the optionallyremovable pockets as a frontal view, for the purpose of holding itemsfor a pet owner.

FIG. 7 is an example of an exemplary configuration of the optionallyremovable pockets as a frontal view, with optional name plate, for thepurpose of holding items when a purse or other accessory is impractical.

FIG. 8 is an example of an exemplary configuration of the optionallyremovable pockets as a back view, for the purpose of holding items whena purse or other accessory is impractical.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring now to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the disclosed embodiments relates toa multipurpose utility pouch for holding tools, everyday items andvaluable items or documents. The multipurpose utility pouch is smallenough to be comfortably worn by the wearer or user when attached to thewearer's belt, or other fastening means, such as a scarf or tie orrope-like or fastening material tied around the waist or hip of thewearer. The utility pouch preferably measures less than 16 inches inheight and width, more preferably less than 14 inches in height andwidth. A preferred embodiment is a device that measures about 13 inchesin height and 12 inches in width.

The device comprises an elongated panel 1 having a front 3 surface andback 5 surface, a top and bottom edge, and at least one securing 7 meansfor passing a wearer's belt 9 (or other fastening means) through thesecuring means in order to enable the wearer to carry the pouch aroundhis hip or waist. The securing means is permanently affixed to the frontof the utility pouch, either through gluing or sewing, or any othermanner of permanently affixing the securing means to the front of thepouch. This feature gives added security to the wearer that the utilitypouch cannot be removed from the wearer unless the wearer's belt (orother fastening means) is detached from the wearer first. The panel maybe constructed with leather, vinyl, cloth or a similar equivalent.Preferably, the panel is constructed of a light-weight, but sturdymaterial capable of withstanding tearing or staining. However, as willbe readily apparent to those of skill in the art, the size, shape andmaterials of construction may be varied without departing from thespirit of the disclosed embodiments.

The front pouch comprises a plurality of removable and reconfigurablepockets 11. The pockets may be constructed with leather, vinyl, cloth ora similar equivalent. The pockets may be secured using hook and loopfasteners, VELCRO® (a securing means), or any other suitable means ofattachment. The removable pockets allow the user to selectivelyconfigure the utility pouch to include any combination of pocketsdepending upon the application.

The front pouch may also contain pocket(s) sewed 15 or otherwiseattached into the pouch that secures items, such as valuables, withinthe pouch. The secured pocket may be closed with a zipper, button,fastener (e.g. VELCRO®) or any other suitable means of securely closingthe pocket. By making the pockets stationary and securely attached,manufacturing costs may be decreased. An identification tag may also beadded to the front panel to help in identifying the wearer, or use ofthe invention, or be added to the pocket to identify the use of each.

The back pouch may contain additional pocket(s) sewed or otherwiseattached into the pouch that secures items, especially valuable items,within the pouch. The secured pocket may be closed with a zipper,button, or any other suitable means of securely closing the pocket.

FIG. 4 is one embodiment of the invention, specifically for carryingeveryday items, including a cell phone 17, sunglasses 19, keys 21 andmiscellaneous items 23. The plurality of pockets are labeled with theuse of each pocket to assist in organizing each item. In addition to thekeys 21 pocket, the front of the pouch contains another secure pocket 25sewed within the pouch itself comprising a zipper fastening means forsecuring valuable items, including money, ID cards or other valuableitems.

FIG. 5 is yet another embodiment of the invention, specifically forcarrying items useful for infant or child care, including baby bottles27, keys 29, cell phone 31, and miscellaneous items 33. The top edge 35of the pouch panel, directly below the securing means 7 are twoadditional pockets 37 sewn into the pouch that may carry other largeritems, for example, baby wipes or diaper.

FIG. 6 is an additional embodiment of the invention, specifically forcarrying items useful for exercising a pet, including pockets for a cellphone 39, baggies for disposal of pet waste 41 and treats 43. Anoptional ID strip may be included in this embodiment.

FIGS. 7 and 8 describe yet another embodiment, specifically for carryingitems for going to events where carrying a purse is impractical. Anoptional ID strip 44 is also included in this embodiment. The pocketsmay be securely attached to the front 3 panel of the pouch to avoidinadvertent loss or theft of the items, or may be removable andreconfigurable as above. In addition, a plurality of pockets may be sewnin or securely fastened in the back 5 panel of the pouch to holdadditional valuables.

Although there has been shown and described several embodiments of thepresent invention, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in theart that modifications may be made thereto which do not exceed the scopeof the appended claims. Therefore, the scope of the invention is only tobe limited by the following claims.

1. A multipurpose utility pouch comprising: a. a plurality of frontpockets, wherein said front pockets are attached to the front panel ofthe utility pouch; b. a securing means permanently affixed to the frontof the utility pouch for passing a fastening means through the securingmeans, said fastening means enabling the wearer to carry the poucharound his hip or waist; c. at least one back pocket securely attachedto the back of the utility pouch, wherein said back pocket is capable ofbeing securely closed.
 2. The multipurpose pouch of claim 1, whereinsaid plurality of front pockets are securely attached to the front ofthe utility pouch.
 3. The multipurpose utility pouch of claim 1, whereinsaid fron panel front pockets back pocket are constructed of leather,vinyl or cloth.
 4. The multipurpose utility pouch of claim 1, whereinsaid pouch is constructed of cloth.
 5. The multipurpose utility pouch ofclaim 1, wherein said back pocket is securely closed with a zippermeans.
 6. A multipurpose utility pouch, comprising: a. a plurality offront pockets, wherein said front pockets are securely attached to thefront of said utility pouch b. a securing means permanently affixed tothe front of the utility pouch for passing a fastening means through thesecuring means, said fastening means enabling the wearer to carry thepouch around his hip or waist; c. at least one back pocket securelyattached to the back of the utility pouch, wherein said back pocket iscapable of being securely closed.
 7. The multipurpose utility pouch ofclaim 6, wherein said pouch is constructed of leather, vinyl or cloth.8. The multipurpose utility pouch of claim 6, wherein said pouch isconstructed of cloth.
 9. The multipurpose utility pouch of claim 6,wherein said back pocket is securely closed with a zipper means.